There is another month has passed and that means it's time for Tesla Motors news. The month of February was a quiet month in terms of Tesla news, but there are again some interesting news to report. It also again focus on other topics in the field of electric vehicles. The headlines this month include: one hundred additional Tesla Roadsters, opening exhibition "Everybody Electric", two new Tesla Tesla Stores and the first sales office in Netherlands.
One hundred additional Roadsters
Tesla Motors will build more Roadsters. The border was currently producing a total of 2400 to build cars, but the bar has been raised by one hundred to 2500. A month ago, the news has reported that there are currently more than 1500 Roadsters have been delivered. The end of the current generation of the roadster is coming closer. With one quarter of all production Roadsters so far, Europe is hard to move the fleet a little cleaner.
The production limit is set to the Tesla Roadster a collector object. In addition to the brand rather remain exclusive. In parallel, we also meet the high demand for the Roadster and therefore the production with one hundred additional cars increased. In 2013/2014, a new roadster, the first rendering all the web today.
Tesla to Eindhoven
The Tesla importer for the Benelux, Rogier Kroymans, will soon open a sales office in Eindhoven to Huizingalaan. The sale will not be Tesla Store as we have in big cities like London, Paris and Munich to know. Tesla will be the sales office in good company. Aston Martin and Jaguar are faced with the same building.
Van Laarhoven dealership rents out a portion of the building at Tesla Benelux. The importer stressed that no official Tesla store will be but will be within two Roadsters for test drives. The choice of Eindhoven has to do with its central position in the Benelux. In addition, later this year in Eindhoven is a European service center to open for Tesla at the Eindhoven industrial Ekkersrijt.
Milan Store Opening Tesla and Washington
Tesla Motors is busy bringing in more European cities called Tesla Stores to open the first showroom in Italy is a fact. In the United States was a new Tesla store opens and this in Washington DC. On February 11, 2011 in Milan showroom was opened in Washington, went one day before the doors open.
Tesla Stores are full showrooms where one or more Roadsters be made available for test drives. Besides that it is possible to learn more about Tesla Motors, the Roadster, the Model S and future electric cars to get. Can obviously spot a car purchase.
t has chosen Milan as the European capital of fashion. They want to sell the Roadster main trendsetters and early adapters, "and asked people to try new things quickly. Indeed, the roadster can be seen as a status symbol and that fits perfectly in terms of Tesla's image as a fashion capital Milan.
Also in the Netherlands a Tesla store will be opened. Candidates for the location of Utrecht and Amsterdam. Netherlands is interesting for a Store Tesla Roadsters given the many who've been sold and delivered.
Opening exhibition "Everyone Electrical '
On Friday, February 18 was in the science center NEMO in Amsterdam, the press conference for the exhibition 'All Electric'. 2011 will be fully dominated by electric vehicles. Thus, the government will invest 65 million euros in electric vehicles, the City of Amsterdam and the network of charging points in the coming months to expand. Car manufacturers also see 2011 as the year of the electric car. More and more manufacturers will this year with an electric version of an existing car or a completely new electric model to come. Nissan begins this year with the first delivery of the Leafs and sets a serious step in the market for sustainable mobility.
The exhibition shows how technological innovations have affected electric driving, but also include the future of electric cars will be. NEMO proposes a number of special items available for the exhibition including a witkar of 1974 and an electric bike from 1933. Different charging stations showing how electrical charge can, at home and abroad.
During the presentation was not only the exhibition 'All Electric'. There were also specific agreements. So will collaborate on a number grid system to facilitate loading. Now, everyone makes a different post where you can load a different card. This should only say those organizations network operators, energy suppliers and the Association of Dutch Municipalities. Everyone should be able to load a single pass.
There is also a network of fast charging stations set up. Renault-Nissan and The New Motion will make sure that the first one hundred Nissan Leaf careless drivers to load at home and at work. At both places, the charging infrastructure provided. In the coming months, the first ten rapid charging stations installed at locations in conjunction with the first one hundred Leaf riders are selected.
Artega is electrically connected to the SE
Lamborghini or so happy we do not know but the name "SE" is again a car hung. The small automaker from Germany is the Artega GT build an electric version. The only model in the house is the Artega GT is half model may be interesting to sell everything go up.
Artega says later this year with the European company to come to Frankfurt. At the IAA will then be shown a copy that is almost finished. Next year Artega a production model. Yet it has been said that the SE two electric motors on the rear which will produce a top speed of 250 km per hour. The range of the car would be on 300 km 200 km but according Artega is more nearby. The sprint to the one hundred kilometers per hour takes 4.3 seconds. That's 0.5 seconds faster than the Artega GT. Remarkably, the car has 380 horsepower and thus 0.4 seconds slower than the Tesla Roadster. This while the Roadster has less horsepower. The SE will therefore probably a little heavier.